American marriage and dating customs

When I first moved America to attend college, I was nervous about starting a life in a new country because I wasn’t sure how quickly I would be able to adapt to the new culture.

Even though it had been my dream to live in America, I was very excited but nervous at the same time.

S.-Saudi relationship has come under intensified public scrutiny in the United States.

One of the many issues that have been thrust to the fore is the status of American women married to Saudis and of the dual-national children of failed marriages.

In this article, I want to talk about a few major differences I saw between Japanese and American dating cultures.

(The department has since published a straightforward fact brochure on child abduction in Saudi Arabia.)[5] No subsequent revision could supersede "Marriage to Saudis," a minor classic by an anonymous diplomat determined to tell it straight. —The Editors The following information has been prepared by our Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to assist American citizen women in understanding more fully the cultural and legal differences they may face if they are considering marrying a Saudi man.

Our Foreign Service posts in Saudi Arabia estimate that approximately 500 American women reside in the Kingdom with their Saudi husbands.

Our Embassy is acutely conscious of the dual-national marriages which fail, monitoring approximately 40 child custody cases and instances of extreme marital discord and abuse.

But American women who are both happily and unhappily involved in relationships with Saudi men admit to having been appallingly ignorant of the Kingdom and its culture prior to their betrothal.